Re: [tied] Re: PIE prek'- ; prok' ; prk'- 'to ask'

pielewe schrieb:

>
> On the other hand it is striking that Russian "pric^init'" 'cause'
> (which stylistically feels like a Slavonicism and has the
> corresponding stress pattern) is firmly associated with negative
> phenomena such as pain, harm, sorrow, and loss. If that association
> is already present in Bulgarian (the first place to look if you are
> discussing the Slavic elements of Rumanian and the Church Slavonic
> part of the Russian lexicon), the drift to the type of meaning
> attested in Rumanian may become understandable after all.

>
> Willem

interesting here apears the participal form in Rum of the verb
"pricinui" which is "pricinuit". The form looks out as very
appropiate to Russian "pric^init". I assume for Russian it is
considered the form with "-it" to be a derivative from infinitive or
maybe there is a better explanation.



Alex